The 2012 Alps Tour was the 12th season of the Alps Tour, a third-tier golf tour recognised by the European Tour.

2012 Alps Tour season
Duration8 February 2012 (2012-02-08) – 4 November 2012 (2012-11-04)
Number of official events19
Most winsRepublic of Ireland Brendan McCarroll (2)
England Jack Senior (2)
Order of MeritNorthern Ireland Gareth Shaw
2011
2013

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 2012 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
()
Winner[a] Other
tours[b]
10 Feb Open Palmeraie PGP Morocco 30,000   Timothy O'Neal (1)
16 Feb Open Samanah Morocco 30,000   Matteo Delpodio (4)
28 Apr Peugeot Alps de Barcelona Spain 48,000   Pablo Larrazábal (1)
12 May Servizitalia Lignano Open Italy 45,000   Jack Senior (1)
20 May Gösser Open Austria 40,000   Brendan McCarroll (1)
26 May LUMAR Slovenian Golf Open Slovenia 40,000   Chris McDonnell (1)
3 Jun Open de Saint François Guadeloupe Guadeloupe 50,000   Jack Senior (2)
10 Jun Casino Sanremo Open Italy 40,000   Brendan McCarroll (2)
16 Jun Alps de Andalucía Spain 48,000   Jérôme Lando-Casanova (1)
24 Jun Open du Haut Poitou France 40,000   Sébastien Gros (1)
1 Jul Open de la Mirabelle d'Or France 50,000   Xavier Poncelet (1)
8 Jul Flory Van Donck Trophy Belgium 45,000   Hugues Joannes (1)
14 Jul Montecchia Golf Open Italy 40,000   Ross Kellett (1)
21 Jul Peugeot Tour Alps de Madrid Spain 48,000   Santiago Luna (2)
31 Aug Valle d'Aosta Open Italy 50,000   Thomas Fournier (2)
16 Sep Open International de Normandie France 50,000   Nicolas Joakimides (2)
22 Sep Internorm Dolomiti Golf Open Italy 40,000   Niccolo Quintarelli (1)
20 Oct Castellón Alps Comunidad Valencia Spain 48,000   Alfredo García-Heredia (1)
4 Nov Masters 13 Allianz France 100,000   Adrien Bernadet (1) FRA

Order of Merit

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The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[2] The top five players on the Order of Merit (not otherwise exempt) earned status to play on the 2013 Challenge Tour.[3]

Position Player Points Status earned
1   Gareth Shaw 34,545 Promoted to Challenge Tour
2   Thomas Fournier 24,188
3   Jack Senior 23,784 Finished in Top 70 of Challenge Tour Rankings
4   Jérôme Lando-Casanova 22,252 Promoted to Challenge Tour
5   Ross Kellett 22,169
6   Niccolo Quintarelli 21,875
7   Brendan McCarroll 21,847
8   Sébastien Gros 17,585
9   Jesús Legarrea 16,265
10   Thomas Linard 15,905

Notes

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  1. ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Alps Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Alps Tour as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the Challenge Tour.
  2. ^ FRA − French Tour.

References

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  1. ^ "Tournament schedules 2001–2021" (PDF). Alps Tour. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  2. ^ "2012 Alps Tour Order of Merit". Alps Tour. Archived from the original on 8 October 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Bernadet remporte le Masters 13 Allianz" [Bernadet wins Masters 13 Allianz] (in French). Fédération Française de Golf. 4 November 2012. Archived from the original on 16 November 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2023. Notez enfin que Jérôme Lando Casanova rejoint Thomas Fournier dans le top 5 du ranking final de l'Alps Tour et évoluera donc l'an prochain sur le Challenge Tour. [Finally, note that Jérôme Lando Casanova joins Thomas Fournier in the top 5 of the final ranking of the Alps Tour and will therefore evolve next year on the Challenge Tour.]
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